Looks to me like a shot for shot remake of the british version...right down to the bathroom scene.oh...but with less intelligence.

I just wanted to say I remember watching the original a few years back It was awesome -really funny. From the previews I watched it seems they are making a shot by shot remake. Which is pretty awesome...its a great movie so why not watch it with diff people...think of this in the perspective of the original cast their classic has been remade and will now reach the american audience that it failed to reach and as someone said those americans will saunter to their local dvd store and pick up the old copy..not to mention the countless people who will order the brit version thinking its the new one lol... Point here is that The movie looks to be good ..hell ..it looks to be same...the same gross poo joke but also the same coffins moving fiasco. So people enjoy the movie when its released... hell peter is still in it if he didn't think it was a good remake he probably wouldn't have stayed on board... If it does end up being a little different thats still good cause it will still get a whole new audience to enjoy the film. Lastly, someone mentioned coupling and transference of brit-coms to american sitcoms..said the humor didn't translate .... I think the problem there was they moved the concept and story lines, characters and arcs, but they didn't move the humor over because they know A's humor is different that B's ...... i can't speak for coupling because i haven't got around to watching it but i watched the red dwarf USA pilot and it seemed off compared to the series. ..this is just my opinion.

How did they even get the copyright? Are people that desperate for money that they're selling their work to be remade?? English version was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Ever. To even think that anyone can rival (let alone match) the performance of Alan Tudyk is ridiculous. And they got the same guy to play the late father's lover? Really?...Really???

I watched the original, English film. It followed the typical comedy-of-errors format brilliantly. This remake is clearly designed to tap a "different' market. Too few Americans saw Death at a Funeral when it was released.I was upset when I learned about this film a year ago. I've had time to mourn the (possible and quite likely) degradation of a gem of a film. {I like English humour and it does not translate ---- see the many, many failed optioned sitcoms (Coupling, Teachers, etc.)}.I assume in addition to making money from a specific market, Mr. Rock chose not to change the name so that those who see this film will be curious to see the first film. I assume he thought enough of the first film to pay it that respect --- that and this is a film-by-numbers remake.